Guest gibbo88 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Can anyone help i have found a wire running from the starter motor on my mk 5 1.6 efi which when connected to the live starts the engine. Broke down yesterday got it home and now its fine could this "unusual wire" be the problem?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Grainger Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 What wire is it? You should have the big red wire that goes straight to the battery +, and on the same teminal should be another red one that goes to the alternater. The Large black one from the battery - bolts to the gearbox, possibly by a starter bolt, and the only other one you should have, is a smaler black wire which should have a red strip along it, this is from your ignition switch that tells the starter when to crank. What hapened whe you broke down? Did the engine turn over? if not then check you have a feed at this small wire when cranking (when it next brakes down) If there is a feed, your starter motor is at fault, if there is no feed then it will be a wiring fault, this wire has a connector by the brake master cylinder towards the battery, from then it goes to the ignition switch via the fuse box where there is a relay which is controled by the factory fit alarm (if it has one). There is an imobiliser relay inside the control unit if if has got one that used to stick. You may need a sparky to check it out. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeMcCarthy Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Did it break down after a long run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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